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‘No, not more than half a dozen. That is, I don’t think you could find more than half a dozen republicans in the whole country.’ ‘And why is that, do you suppose?’ ‘I suppose it’s because people cannot bear too much reality. They think the
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“There are certain men in the world who rather see everybody hung before they'll take blame.”
― All My Sons
― All My Sons
“Since they dared, I too will dare.”
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“Post-truth is pre-fascism.”
― On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
― On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
“Christine did not live, or love, as most people do. She lived boundlessly, as generous as she could be cruel, prepared to give her life at any moment for a worthy cause, but rarely sparing a thought for the many casualties that fell in her wake.”
― The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville
― The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville
“A diplomat who says “yes” means “maybe", a diplomat who says “maybe" means “no”, and a diplomat who says “no” is no diplomat.”
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Andrea’s 2025 Year in Books
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